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Shethar

(Encyclopedia) ShetharShetharshēˈthər [key], in the Bible, prince and counselor of King Ahasuerus.

Jaakobah

(Encyclopedia) JaakobahJaakobahjāˌəkōˈbə [key], in the Bible, prince of the family of Simeon.

Shelomi

(Encyclopedia) ShelomiShelomishĕlˈōmī, shēlōˈmī [key], in the Bible, father of Ahihud, a prince of Asher.

Dawson Creek

(Encyclopedia) Dawson Creek, city, E British Columbia, Canada, near the Alta. border, on Dawson Creek and NE of Prince George. An important grain-…

Jerahmeel

(Encyclopedia) JerahmeelJerahmeeljēräˈmēĕl [key]. In the Bible, prince commanded by Jehoiakim to imprison Jeremiah.

Salman bin Abdul Aziz

(Encyclopedia) Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 1935–, king of Saudi Arabia (2015–), b. Riyadh. Like his predecessor, King Abdullah, he is a son—by a different wife—of Saudi Arabia's founder, Ibn Saud. Salman…

Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich

(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Aleksey KonstantinovichTolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovichtŏlˈstoi, Rus. əlyĭksyāˈ kənstəntyēˈnəvĭch təlstoiˈ [key], 1817–75, Russian poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was a…

Cuza, Alexander John

(Encyclopedia) Cuza, Alexander JohnCuza, Alexander Johnk&oomacr;ˈzä [key], or Alexander John I, 1820–73, first prince of Romania (1859–66), b. Moldavia. An officer who participated in the 1848…

Bouillon

(Encyclopedia) Bouillon, town, Luxembourg prov., SE Belgium, in the Ardennes on the Semois River, near the French border. It is a small manufacturing…